Egglkofen Castle

Egglkofen Castle

Egglkofen Castle is a castle of the Montgelas family in Egglkofen , a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Mühldorf am Inn .

history

Egglkofen was first mentioned in a document in 1200. Egglkofen Castle was the seat of a closed court of the Barons von Dachsberg. The castle was rebuilt after 1648 after being destroyed in the war. From 1797 to 1838 the Counts of Lerchenfeld owned the Hofmark, which was converted into a 2nd class patrimonial court in 1820 . On December 30, 1833, Maximilian Joseph Graf von Montgelas (1759–1838) acquired Egglkofen Castle for 107,100 guilders from Baron Max von Lerchenfeld. The castle was owned by the Montgelas family until 2015, the death of Rudolf-Konrad Graf von Montgelas . In 2011 Rudolf-Konrad Graf von Montgelas founded the non-profit Graf von Montgelas Foundation based in Egglkofen, to which he also bequeathed Egglkofen Castle.

Building description

• Three-storey hipped roof building with mezzanine , the core probably from the late Middle Ages , rebuilt after 1648, acquired by Maximilian Joseph Graf von Montgelas in 1833 , expansion and redesign in partly Gothicized forms based on plans by Jean Baptiste Métivier 1833/34; with historical equipment.
• Ökonomiehof, three wings, end of the 18th century / first half of the 19th century; east of the castle.
• Castle park, in the style of the English landscape garden, with a monument to Count Montgelas, laid out according to plans by Jean Baptiste Métivier from 1833, changed recently.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Graf von Montgelas sets up a foundation , ovb-online.de on March 27, 2012
2. ↑ List of monuments for Egglkofen (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '50.3 "  N , 12 ° 27' 8.6"  E